A Norwegian note on "sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice"

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Scheib, Joanna E ^a   Kristiansen, Anne ^b   Wara, Annelise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Evolutionary psychology; Female mate choice; Norway; Sperm donor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031092838     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(96)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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